Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB4198 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 4198 By: Echols
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to officers; amending 51 O.S. 2021,
41	41	Section 24A.10, which relates to the Oklahoma Open
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA :
55	55	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.10, is
56	56	amended to read as follows :
57	57	Section 24A.10 A. Any information, records or other material
58	58	heretofore voluntarily supplied to any state agency, board or
59	59	commission shall be su bject to full disclosure pursuant to Section
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61	61	B. If disclosure would give an unfair advantage to competitors
62	62	or bidders, a public body may keep confidential records relating to:
63	63	1. Bid specifications for competitive bidding pr ior to
64	64	publication by the public body; or
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91	91	2. Contents of sealed bids prior to the opening of bids by a
92	92	public body; or
93	93	3. Computer programs or software but not data thereon; or
94	94	4. Appraisals relating to the sale or acquisition of real
95	95	estate by a public body prior to award of a contract; or
96	96	5. The prospective location of a private business or industry
97	97	prior to public disclosure of such prospect except for records
98	98	otherwise open to inspection such as applications for permits or
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100	100	C. Except as set forth hereafter, the Oklahoma Department of
101	101	Commerce, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
102	102	Education, the technology center school districts, the Oklahoma Film
103	103	and Music Office, institutions within The Oklahoma State System of
104	104	Higher Education, and the Department of Corrections may keep
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106	106	1. Business plans, feasibilit y studies, financing proposals,
107	107	marketing plans, financial statements or trade secrets submitted by
108	108	a person or entity seeking economic advice, business development o r
109	109	customized training from such Departments or school dist ricts;
110	110	2. Proprietary informati on of the business submitted to the
111	111	Department or school districts for the purpose of business
112	112	development or customized training, and related confidentiality
113	113	agreements detailing the information or records designated as
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141	141	3. Information compiled by such Departments or school districts
142	142	in response to those submissions.
143	143	The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Department of
144	144	Career and Technolog y Education, the technology center school
145	145	districts, the Oklahoma Film and Music Office, i nstitutions within
146	146	The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and the Department of
147	147	Corrections may not keep confidential that submitted information
148	148	when and to the extent the person or entity submitting the
149	149	information consents to disclosure.
150	150	D. The Commissioners of the Land Office may keep confidential
151	151	voluntary disclosures of business plans, feasibility studies,
152	152	financing proposals, marketing plans, financial s tatements, or trade
153	153	secrets made by legal entities which the Comm issioners of the Land
154	154	Office might evaluate for investment purposes.
155	155	E. Although they must provide public access to their records,
156	156	including records of the address, rate paid for services, c harges,
157	157	consumption rates, adjustments to the bill, reasons for a djustment,
158	158	the name of the person that authorized the adjustment, and payment
159	159	for each customer, public bodies that provide utility services to
160	160	the public may keep confidential credit informa tion, credit card
161	161	numbers, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, bank account
162	162	information for individual customers, and utility supply and utility
163	163	equipment supply contracts for any industrial customer with a
164	164	connected electric load in excess of two thousand five hundred
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191	191	(2,500) kilowatts if public access to such contracts would give an
192	192	unfair advantage to competitors of the customer; provided that,
193	193	where a public body performs billing or collection services for a
194	194	utility regulated by the Corporation Commission pursuant to a
195	195	contractual agreement, any customer or i ndividual payment data
196	196	obtained or created by the public body in performance of the
197	197	agreement shall not be a record for purposes of this act.
198	198	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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